A Soldier And His Dog: The Green Hornet (February 19, 1946)

“A Soldier And His Dog” is an episode of The Green Hornet, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 19, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel, grows suspicious when a young soldier who claims to be John Vinton's nephew seems to have no connection to his own dog, Buster. Vinton, a wealthy man, has welcomed the newcomer and plans to change his will in the boy's favor. Reid and his valet Kato investigate the household, while the Green Hornet pays a visit to the Vinton mansion to search for evidence. The episode is from The Green Hornet radio series, originally broadcast on February 19, 1946.

An Aleutian island military hospital, then the Vinton mansion and the Reid apartment in an American city in 1946

Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, John Vinton, Ned Vinton, Bill Mercer, Captain Webb, Rick Reed, Miss Case

Listen for: Pay attention to the dog Buster's reaction when the soldier meets him, and to the evidence the Green Hornet finds in the Vinton library.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.